Mealey's (December 20, 2018, 10:39 AM EST) -- DENVER — A federal district court did not err in rejecting a plaintiff’s motion to reopen a second trade secrets misappropriation lawsuit that had been stayed pending the appeal of the plaintiff’s first action against an inventor and his current employer because the doctrine of claim preclusion bars his claims in the second action, a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Dec. 18 (Hawg Tools LLC v. Newsco International Energy Services Inc., et al., No. 18-1015, 10th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 35377)....